observance

Roget category 772

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.8. Conditional intersocial volition
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#772. Observance

noun

observance, performance, compliance, acquiescence, concurrence — obedience etc. 743 — fulfillment, satisfaction, discharge — acquittance, acquittal.
adhesion, acknowledgment — fidelity etc. (probity) 939 — exact etc. 494 — observance.

verb

observe, comply with, respect, acknowledge, abide by — cling to, adhere to, be faithful to, act up to — meet, fulfill — carry out, carry into execution — execute, perform, keep, satisfy, discharge — do one's office.
perform an obligation, fulfill an obligation, discharge an obligation, acquit oneself of an obligation — make good — make good one's word, make good one's promise, keep one's word, keep one's promise — redeem one's pledge — keep faith with, stand to one's engagement.

adjective

observant, faithful, true, loyal — honorable etc. 939 — true as the dial to the sun, true as the needle to the pole — punctual, punctilious — literal etc. (exact) 494 — as good as one's word.

adverb

faithfully etc. adj..

phrase

ignoscito saepe alteri nunquam tibi [Lat.] — tempori parendum [Lat.] — to God, thy country, and thy friend be true" [Vaughan].

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